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NSW Cup Round 7 - results, scores, match reports, highlights, videos | NSWRL

1 month ago | nswrl.com.au

Live coverage from Round Seven of The Knock-On Effect NSW Cup.
NRL 2024, Pacific Championships, Sarah Togatuki, Brian To'o, Stephen Crichton

Oct 15, 2024 | nswrl.com.au | Cameron Mee

Harvey Norman Jillaroos rookie Sarah Togatuki has revealed the secret role NRL stars Brian To'o and Stephen Crichton played in laying the foundation for her rugby league career. The forward grew up with the pair in Mt Druitt and her brothers played junior rugby league alongside the duo and their siblings for the St Marys Saints. Togatuki was 21 years old and weeks away from her debut NRLW season in 2018 when the pair offered to help prepare her for the inaugural edition of the competition.
How NRL Hall of Famer Elias revolutionised the game for hookers: Masters

Aug 19, 2024 | nswrl.com.au | Roy Masters

By Roy MastersBenny Elias, like his fellow Hall of Fame inductee, Les Boyd, is often judged in terms of everything except his talents on the football field. As his Balmain and NSW teammate, Steve ‘Blocker’ Roach, says, “People are jealous of him because he is rich and cocky, but he was the greatest Tiger ever to play.” That’s stellar praise of a 1908 foundation club player but ‘Blocker’ justifies it by attributing to Elias the defining test of a champion: “Benny changed the game.” Correct.
Gus' bedtime stories and the art of Origin coaching: Masters

Jul 6, 2024 | nswrl.com.au | Roy Masters

By Roy MastersThe Maroons like to remind NSW fans that in the 43 years State of Origin has been played as a three game series, the Blues have won only one of the last ten deciders and only two of the 13 deciders played in Brisbane: 1994 and 2005. However, there is another statistic the Maroons prefer to keep secret: whenever the captains of the rival state teams come from the same club, the Blues win.
From 1980 to now: How Origin preparation has changed

Jul 2, 2024 | nswrl.com.au | Roy Masters

By Roy MastersAustralia is the only country in the world with four codes of football, with their peak bodies being the NRL, AFL, Rugby Australia and Football Australia. Now there are five codes: State of Origin. This annual three-game series between NSW and Queensland has become so big in terms of TV ratings, crowds, media coverage and sponsorship, it is a separate game all of its own.
Origin history and the 'underdog' tag

Jun 22, 2024 | nswrl.com.au | Roy Masters

By Roy MastersIt’s a long established fact the Maroons thrive on the underdog tag, forever dredging up the history of interstate games in the era when Queenslanders playing for Sydney-based clubs were selected in NSW teams which defeated those players still residing in the northern state. However, the other side of the same coin is now more accurate: the Maroons are very uncomfortable when labelled top dogs.
Origin in Melbourne: a happy hunting ground for the Blues

Jun 15, 2024 | nswrl.com.au | Roy Masters

By Roy MastersMelbourne has been a happy hunting ground for the Blues over the 35 years that State of Origin matches have been played in the Victorian capital. This year’s 26 June match, the second in the series, will be Melbourne’s tenth Origin match, with NSW holding a 5-4 record. The record is even more dominating at the MCG, with the Blues 4-1 ahead. The 2015 win at the MCG, before a record Origin crowd of 91,000, is significant.
Back to the spirit of 'Turvey': Maguire

May 24, 2024 | nswrl.com.au | Roy Masters

By Roy MastersWhen the NSW team bus stopped unexpectedly outside the Caxton Street hotel in Brisbane, ahead of the first game of the 1985 State of Origin series at Lang Park, the pendulum of history of this annual three-game feast of bad blood and good football tilted the Blues way for the first time. It was NSW captain Steve “Turvey” Mortimer who ordered the bus to stop.
Panorama Platypi are pushing for another WWRL title in 2023

Nov 15, 2023 | nswrl.com.au | Jeff Hanson

The Panorama Platypi are in the box seat to register a Western Women’s Rugby League (WWRL) three-peat after claiming the Open’s 2023 Minor Premiership. Kevin Grimshaw’s women, who are coming off back-to-back WWRL titles, have been a model of consistency. Apart from a Round Two loss to the Orange Vipers, the Platypi have been the team to beat winning five of six games. In a frantic final round, where positions in the top four were still on the table, the Bathurst-based side had a bye.
Orange Vipers need two more wins to host a semi-final in 2023 Western Women's Rugby League

Oct 31, 2023 | nswrl.com.au | Jeff Hanson

The Orange Vipers will look to solidify a top-two position on the Western Women's Rugby League (WWRL) ladder and earn the right to host a semi-final in the coming weeks. Currently in second position, with three wins from four appearances, the Vipers need to beat Woodbridge in Round Six and Mudgee in Round Seven and win well in both games. That would hold off the third-placed Wiradjuri Goannas and fourth-placed Woodbridge.